Major Internet Outage
Across U.S.
Comcast, Time Warner, AT&T, Verizon Affected
LiquidWeb Among Companies Affected by Major Outage Across US Network Providers
Hackers? Terrorists? Anarchists? Or just another BUG? - Affected Customers Worry Over Future Problems . .
Internet connections down, websites failing, operators can't get through - All across America.
U.S. customers dealing with major outages this morning (Tuesday) Part of widespread problem hitting major network provideers and carriers.
LiquidWeb customers in the US are experiencing outages Tuesday morning as part of a widespread issue impacting major network providers including Comcast, AT&T, Time Warner, and Verizon. LiquidWeb is keeping customers in the loop on Twitter as to what is going on, and said it is currently communicating with a number of major providers to get more information on the outages across the US. LiquidWeb is directing customers to downdetector.com to see which connectivity providers are affected.
While some customers asked LiquidWeb if the outage was connected to the flooding in Michigan on Monday night, where the company is based, it has confirmed - that is not the case and that the issue is way more far-reaching than Michigan.
In a situation like this, LiquidWeb said it would typically reroute traffic, but it is being hindered by the amount of providers experiencing outages. LiquidWeb public relations specialist Cale Sauter tells the WHIR in an email that its network team is seeing if it can shift traffic to other providers, but since its most prevalent providers are affected, it is making it difficult.
“As ongoing issues aren’t directly related to any of our infrastructure, we are trying to get more information as well,” LiquidWeb tweeted. “We’re in the process of communicating with several providers and will relay any updates the second we receive them.”
LiquidWeb is telling customers on Twitter it is in “one of the many US outage areas, causing issues for any of its customers using the affected networks regardless of their location.”
A LiquidWeb customer on Twitter says their VPS servers have been down for more than six hours.
Inshallah, we'll update this story as more information is available concerning Internet outages.
Disclosure: LiquidWeb is the WHIR’s web hosting provider.
